Improvement in machines for patching bullets



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Machines for Patching` Bullets. No`.136,352.

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Patented Feb. 25,1873. 1

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Machines for PatchingV Bullets. No. 136,352.

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UNITED STATES` STEPHEN w. woon, or conswnm., NEW vonk.A

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FQR PATCHING BULLETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,352, dated February25, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN W. Woon, of Cornwall, county of Orange andState of New York, have invented a new Machine for and Process ot'Patching Bullets; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, reference beinghad to the annexeddrawing making part of this specification- Figure 1 being a sideelevation ofthe mal' I chine, with the table for holding the material(are also detached views ot' the guides for directin g thepatch aroundthe bullet, with a sectional viewin part, of the rollers. Figs. 6, 7 8are views ot' several modifications of devices by which the patch may begathered or folded over or around the bullet; Fig. 9, a plan of the twolower rollers, with a device for moist ening the bulletto receive thepatch; Fig. 10, a vertical cross-section, showing the same device as inFig. 9; Fig. 11, a plan of the lower rollers and a device for moisteningthe patch before it is wrapped around the bullet; Fig. 12,a'iverticabcross-section, shoi'vin g the saine device as in Fig. 11.

My invention consists, first, in automatically wrapping a patch arounda. bullet by means of rollers and guide, in the manner hereinafterdescribed; second, in mechanism for autoymatically wrapping a patcharound a bullet and folding or gathering the same overor around the endthereof, substantially in the manner herein set forth; third, inthecombination of elements for first patching or wrapping a patch around abullet and subsequently moistening the patch; fourth, in devices forxnoistenin g or partially moisteuing with water or any suitableglutinous substance the bullet,"

so that the patch may adhere thereto and be carried around with thebullet, substantially in the manner and for the purpose hereinspecitied; fifth, in the arrangement of a series of y rollers, soconstructed as to admit the bullet to be patched, and to yield, bytheirelasticity, or adjust themselves thereto, and to release thesame,substantially as herein described; sixth, a circular guide fordirecting t-he patch around the bullet, in conjunction with a series ofrollers, or their equivalents, constructed and arranged substantially inthe manner herein set forth. l

A in the accompanying drawing represents a frame, upon which are mountedthe various working parts constituting the machine proper. B B arerollers placed at the required distance apart, upon which the bullet tobe patched is placed. C is an upper roller, movable and seltadjusting,which is tirst raised to admit the bullet to the position to receive thepatch, and is then lowered, resting upon the upper side thereof,embracing the bullet between thc three rollers.` The bullet 1t now beingin position, as shown iu Figs. 2 and 3, proper motion is given totherollers B B and C by means ot' cog-wheels G G and H, turning the bulletin the direction indicated by the arrow. The patch to be wrapped aroundthe bullet is now fed through a guide, I, secured to the table J, andits end presented to the point ot' contact between the surface of thebullet and face of the roller C. To direct the end of this patch so thatit shall follow and be wrapped around the bullet as it rotates by meansof the rollers B B and C, a guide, K, is placed between the rollers B Band C in ""groovesw c, and secured to tire bed'off the frame A. Thisguide K is placed centrally between the rollers B B and C, and its innerperiphery e is tangent to, or nearly so, to the surface of theserollers, so v that the bullet, when placed upon the two lower rollersand moved forward by the sliding bar W, may pass into this circularguide K, and remain therein until patched,the inner periphery e directingthe patch around the bullet, and the three rollers conjointly,wrapping'the patch tightly around its surface. rI he bullet now havingits patch wrapped arounditwithasuflicientportion ofthe patch extendingover the end thereof, the ad- 'ustable jaws O are caused to approacheach other, thereby foldin g or gathering the 4extending ,end over andaround the end of the bullet, as

shown in Fig. 3, position 2. These adjustable jaws O are placed in thegrooves c c (the first PATENT OFFICE.

series) formed in the several rollers, and

' through which the bullet passes in its movenient forward to position2, encircling the patch immediately in rear of the end ot' the bullet.These adjustable jaws 0 are pivoted at s, and closed to gatherer foldthe patch over or around the end ofthe bullet by iiieaiis ot' a cam, i,and opened to permit the succeeding bulletto pass through by means of aspring or rubber, u, secured to the lower arms p; or theyniay beoperated b v any equivalent iiieans. Small indentations i' are formediii the inner faces ot' the jaws, centrally, so that the gathered end ofthe patch may ex tend through between them; or` the. inner faces .r maybe plain, so as to ilatten the patch upon the end of the bullet afterbeing gathered around-it.

To retain the bullet in position, and to prel veut the patch slippingforward whilebeiiig iclded or gathered over its cud, grooves dare formedin the rollers, as shown in Eig. l, and a stop, P, may be secured to themovable roller, 'against which the front end of the bullet may bear, andwhich is raised, with the roller i), to allow the patched ,bullet tomove forward, as shown in dotted lilies. A 4second f stop, P. is alsosecured vto the roller 0,'which retains the patched bullet in positionwhile being uioistened to shrink the patch thereon.

The bullet, now having received its patch, the upper roller G is raised,when the feedbar W moves forward, presenting another bullet to the guideKin position to receive its patch, and the preceding'. patched bulletbeing -iiioved forward at the same time to position 3, Fig. 3, to beinoistencd in any convenient manner, and then delivered from between therollers by the third preceding bullet being moved forward to receive itspatch.

One practical method of moistening the patchis represented in Fig.5.-viz., by iinnicrsiiig or partially iiiimersing division a of thesectional rollers B B in water orsuitable glutiiious substance, which,in their revolu-- tion, will sufficiently dampen the patch.

To prevent the patch being inoistened (by the patched bullet) so as toadhere to the, rollers in the act of being `wrapped around the bullet,grooves 'it' are formed in these rollers, so as to disconnect andseparate the moistened section or division n from the division m, bywhich the patch is Wrapped around the bullet.

When the bullet is to be moistened by wa.- ter or any suitable glutinoussubstance, that the patch may adhere thereto while' being.

wrapped around, a wheel, b, Fig. 10, is placed in the grooves c c andpressed against the bullet, instead of or in conjunction with the guidey K, its lower edge or an intermediate roller, D,

being immersed in the liquid to be used, and when rotated by means ofthefrietion of the bullet, turned by the rollers B B and C' orotherwise, a narrow belt of moisture is laid around thebullet to whichthe patch adheres, thus carrying it around with and securing it to thesurface ot" the bullet.

A strip of moisture by water or glue may be rolled or laid upon thelower surface of the patch, as in Fig. 11, if preferred, instead oiinoistening the bullet.

Guide-rollers g may be employed to direct the patch around thebulletinstead of the circular guide K, it' preferred.

Itis evident that a greater number of rollers might be used if desired,and that various inodilications iii inecha-nisinfbr foldiii g orgathering the patch over or around the end ot' the bullet miglit'besubstituted Aiii place of the adjustable jaws 0, some of which arerepresented inthe accompanying drawing, Fig. 6- bein g rollers m mmoving laterally' or at right angles to the end of the bullet. Thisligure represents the rollers in position previous to and after havinggathered or folded the patch over or around the bullet.

Fig. 7l are two conical rollers to perform the same office.

Fig, 8 represents a coiled wire, which surrounds tlie patch, and to foldvor gather it around the bullet is drawn laterally to the bullet-throughguide-pins f, thereby gradually losing the end of the patch, as in Figs.2 an( 4.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. Combined with rollers for wrapping a. patch around a bullet,substantially in the manner herein set forth, folding-jaws forautomatic' allylolding, gathering, or closing the patch over or aroundthe end of the bullet, in the manner described.l u

2. The method, substantially as shown and described, of first patchingor wirrapping a patch around a bullet by mechanism as herein set forth,and subsequently moistcning the saine,"substantially as and for thepurpose herein specified.

3. The combination of parts herein shown and described for patching abullet, with mechanism for moistcning or partially moisteiiing withwater or any glutinous substance the patch orbullet, substantially asand forthe purpose vherein speciied.-

4. A series of rollers for patching bullets,

which are movable and. adjustable, constructed and combined foroperationsubstantially as herein set forth. f

5. A series of sectional rollers, adapted for receiving the additionaldevices shown for patching bullets, substantially as and for the purposeherein specified.

6. A guide, in combination with a series o rollers for directing thepatch around-the bullet, constructed and arranged substantially as,

STEPHEN W. WOOD.

herein described.

Witnesses: I E. M. GALLAHER, J. S. BRowN.

